Millions of people want to lose their weight. But not everyone can do that easily. With ‘Mindful weight loss’ you approach overweight in a psychological way. According to author Joanna Kortink, this book offers a powerful solution to definitively break the love-hate relationship with food. The new diet is mindful eating.
To lose weight is simple you would think. It’s just a matter of eating less and exercising more. For many people, however, this method does not lead to lasting results because the cause of the overeating is not addressed. The same is often true of diets aimed at rapid weight loss: they only combat the symptoms and most dieters gain weight even harder after such a diet.
Filling and nutrition
Mindful weight loss is written for anyone who wants to learn to deal with food and themselves differently. For those people who know exactly what the difference is between ‘filling’ and ‘nutrition’, but still regularly go for the axe. It is based on the method ‘From the spell of emotional eating’ and assumes, among other things, that no more than 5 percent of our behavior is conscious and at least 95 percent of our actions are unconscious.
sabotage
The unconscious is trying to sabotage you, because it wants to keep everything as it is. In Mindful weight loss you will discover exactly how you are sabotaging yourself. Then you will learn how to create effective habits.
Listen better
Mindful weight loss is an accessible program with many practical examples and clear step-by-step guidelines. You will learn how to deal with thoughts and feelings that have a major influence on your eating behaviour. With this new approach, they are no longer avoided or suppressed, but recognized and accepted.
You will also learn to listen better to your body and how much you can eat without feeling guilty or prone to overeating. Through this approach you develop healthy eating behavior and you discover how you can enjoy food (again).
Practical and clear
What is striking is the practical approach and the clear way of writing. Mindful weight loss gives a clear view on the how and why of eating. The content is spread over eight weeks, with each week being split into three bite-sized pieces. However, the author cautions that you will only make progress if you regularly set aside time to do the exercises. These are both writing exercises and attention exercises (mindfulness) such as the body scan.
Joanna Kortink is a writer and trainer in the field of eating and weight problems. Mental health care institutions, obesity clinics, addiction clinics and hospitals are constantly working with her method. She also struggled for years with eating and weight problems. She previously wrote: ‘From the ban of binge eating’, ‘First aid for binge eating’ and ‘From the spell of emotional eating’.
